The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-13
Local and state News.

j. L. Yale, purchasing agent OF the Bee-line.
has resigned, to take effect to-day. Ed ward
Hill will succeed him.
Officials of the Pennsylvania road se;- the
quantity of grain offered them for transporta-
ton is greater than ever before known. and that
their equipments will be inadequate to move 1t
as promptly as shippers desire.
The big duplex engine, which has been in serv-
ice the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne 81 Chicago
road for several days, has been placed the
Chicago. Burlington 60 Quincy for trial. The
engine is showing high speed ms well as great
power.
The shipments of east bound freights from
Chicago, last week, amounted to AZ 600 tons. OF
this omouns the psn ms, lines carried
ried but "a 40 per cent The q. l. St l.. & G.
took out ITO per cent
The Toledo, St Louis & Kansas City road is
having built L 600 box cars. standard gauge, to
be equipped with the Wagner car-door. and hav-
ing carrying capacity of 10000 pounds
Nearly all the bridges on the line are being re-
built to admit of heavier traffic.
-fs IT, W. Teasdale, general passenger agent of
the Omaha road, who was given leave OF absence
few months ago, until his health was restored,
has returned from the East, and is SO much bet
The company paid hia full salary and all his
penses while absent
The meeting of local passenger agents called
for yesterday, to see what could be done to
bring about better understanding and better
maintenance Of rates tame affair. The
passenger agents who disregard tariffs etc.,
we're not there, neither did they send In any ex-
suse for their absence.
John G.. Williams, attorney of the t. H. & l.
road who. short time ago. went to Hot Springs
for his health, has been called home before get
conference with the c., Fl. & d. officials. regard
Ing the prospective litigation over the lease of
the St. L., v. & T. III. road. y sssf
AS soon as d. J. Mackey returns from New
York il rs expected that work will be begun
the Evansville & Richmond road. The Evans
vile people want the road. but would rather
have someone else build it than the Mackey syn
dictate, as in its8bnstruction they no lower
rates than have prevailed heretofore.
III. @. Parker. traffic manager of the Lake Erie
e. Western, spent yesterday in the city. He
proposes. with the aid Of Division Freight Agent
Sweet, to look after the freight traffic of the
line, but he wished it stated that the manage
ment of the road regretted very much that Mr..
Weed. the late general freight agent resigned as
he was a valuable freight man.
As there is some complaint that the afternoon
train over the Lake Err lie 81 Western leaves too
early 1t is proper to state that 1t is obliged so to
do to make connection with the Wabash, both
for Toledo and Detroit. which is the only
nection the l.. E. & W. has for the points
named. Between here and Peru the late after
2oon train serves the travelling public very sat
lsfactoriiy. M s
The Lake Shore management has taken an
other advance step, which will be appreciated by
the travelling public. They announce that the
mileage and tourists tickets their road,
and tourists tickets sold by connections
will be good on trains Nos. 1 and their limited
trains. providing the passenger has the reoui-
site sleepngcar tickets. in accordance with reg
ulations regarding the transportation of passen-
gers on said trains.
Why K. A. Ford is retained general passen-
ger apent of the Vandalia is of the prob
lens which puzzles the heads of the railroad
meE-not that he is not competent for the posi-
ton by any means. but for the reason that the
relations are so strained between the c., II. 81 d.
and the Pennsylvania Company. The wonder is
that Charles Rockwell. general passenger agent
OF the e.. "a q d., il not given full sweep on all
lines controlled by tie G., Fl. s. D. syndicate.
The large increase In business on the c., II. g.
ID. lines 10 giving service for their new equip
ment as fast as IL is t rued out of the shops
Shipments of grain from points on their line to
Toledo and Detroit are becoming very heavy,
the c., h. q forwarding forty to fifty cars per
l.500 more cars in service than one year ago.
Their fast-freght line business. as we'll as local
traffic, 10 reaching large portions, more especially
west-bound.
James McCrea. general manager of the Penn
Syyaria lines west of Pittsburg. and John r
Miller general supernte ndent were in the city
yesterday. Mr.. McCrea was so i'll that he aban-
doEsd the idea Of stopping at Richmond and
and Xenia on his way back to Pittsburg. and left
on the fast express for home. On Monday next
he goes to New ENGLAND. hoping that good rest
Of few weeks will restore him to his usual
health and vigor II reply TO the questions: do
the Pennsylvania officials have any hope that
the attempt to break the lease of the
St Louis. Vandalia & Terre Haute to the
will be succeasfulT he said Yes. IL is a fore
gone conclusion with them (meanng the Penn
sylvania officials and their legal advisers In
further conversation he remarked that he had
not yet heard a word of reflection cast upon Mr.
McKeen By any officer Of the road for selling to-